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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 29, 2021 / Proposed Rules
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPAR05
OAR20170583 for PM2.5, EPAR05
OAR20190311 for ozone, or EPA
R05OAR20200501 for PSD at https www.regulations.gov or via email to arra.sarah@epa.gov. For comments submitted at Regulations.gov, follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. For either manner of submission, EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket.
Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information CBI
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions audio, video, etc. must be accompanied by a written comment.
The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission i.e.
on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system. For additional submission methods, please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section. For the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Olivia Davidson, Environmental Scientist, Attainment Planning and Maintenance Section, Air Programs Branch AR18J, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, 312 8860266, davidson.olivia@epa.gov. The EPA
Region 5 office is open from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays and facility closures due to COVID19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the States SIP submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no relevant adverse comments are received in response to this rule, no further activity is contemplated. If EPA
receives such comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. EPA will not institute a
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second comment period. Any parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time. Please note that if EPA receives adverse comment on an amendment, paragraph, or section of this rule and if that provision may be severed from the remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt as final those provisions of the rule that are not the subject of an adverse comment. For additional information, see the direct final rule which is located in the Rules section of this Federal Register.
Dated: September 22, 2021.
Cheryl Newton, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:
Standards Related to the Manufacture of Class II Ozone-Depleting Substances for Feedstock; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Environmental Protection Agency EPA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to require the control, capture, and/or destruction of a hydrofluorocarbon that would otherwise be emitted from manufacture of hydrochlorofluorocarbons. In this proposed rule, EPA is proposing to require companies to control, capture, and destroy HFC-23 byproduct generated at plants that manufacture class II ozone-depleting substances regulated under current Clean Air Act regulations, such as HCFC-22. HFC-23 is a very potent greenhouse gas that is generated as a byproduct during the manufacture of certain class II ozonedepleting substances, including HCFC22. Under the Clean Air Act and the implementing regulations, the production and consumption of class II
ozone-depleting substances, including HCFC-22, are restricted with limited exceptions. One such exception is production for use in transformation, or as a feedstock, which is allowed indefinitely. The Agency is proposing to limit emissions of HFC-23 from plants manufacturing HCFCs. The HFC-23
must be captured and employed for a commercial use or destroyed using a
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technology approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, thereby ensuring it is not directly emitted.
DATES: Comments on this notice of proposed rulemaking must be received on or before November 15, 2021. Any party requesting a public hearing must notify the contact listed below under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 5
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 4, 2021. If requested, the Environmental Protection Agency EPA will hold a virtual public hearing on or before October 14, 2021. The date, time, and other relevant information for the virtual public hearing will be available at https www.epa.gov/ozone-layerprotection.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPAHQ
OAR20210253, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https www.regulations.gov our preferred method. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery or Courier by scheduled appointment only: EPA
Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Centers hours of operations are 8:30
a.m.4:30 p.m., MondayFriday except Federal Holidays.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change to https
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room are closed to the public, with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID
19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform.
We encourage the public to submit comments via https
www.regulations.gov or email, as there may be a delay in processing mail and faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may be received by scheduled appointment only. For further information on EPA
Docket Center services and the current status, please visit us online at https
www.epa.gov/dockets.
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your comments: direct your comments to specific sections of this proposed
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